Whitgift Benevolent Society

The Whitgiftian Benevolent Society is a charity funded by donations and subscribing members.

The object of the Charity is the relief of distressed Old Whitgiftians, members and former members of the teaching and other staff of Whitgift School and staff of the Old Whitgiftian Association, their widows, widowers, their children and their other dependants; present Whitgiftians; and any other distressed persons with a connection with Whitgift School which the committee in its absolute discretion considers enables them to be entitled to be benefited by the Society. 

The Society provides relief to those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, poverty or other financial hardship or any other disadvantage. It also provides assistance for the advancement of education, health and amateur sport. The Society is an equal opportunity organisation and is committed to being free from any form of unlawful discrimination on the grounds of colour, race, age, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or disability. 

Cases where the Society has assisted over the last year have ranged from paying for an instrument for an OW so that he can have better vision, to helping with lunch cards for boys at the school whose families could not afford to pay, to helping students at university with their living expenses, to lending money for barristers’ fees, to helping with finance by way of a loan towards accommodation for someone with a disability and helping with general expenses in cases where there is genuine hardship and distress. 

To contribute to the Society’s activities download a membership form and bank mandate

To apply for assistance click here

If you are applying for assistance on behalf of a current Whitgiftian click here